3 Big Mistakes That Can Instantly Kill a Dropshipping Business

Dropshipping is red hot right now in the entrepreneurial community, and for very good reason.

With impressively modest up-front starting costs — in some cases, literally under $100 — plus no need to handle inventory, let alone design or manufacture products, it’s a great way to get your feet wet in ecommerce without putting yourself in the hole.

But the affordability, ease, and accessibility is a curse as well as a blessing.

It’s easy to get into, but it’s also easy to make some really, really dire mistakes early in the process of building the business.

These all too common dropshipping mistakes can doom your business long before you even launch the website.

In a recent Dropshipping 101 guide from Shopify, they go over a few of the major mistakes that people make when they’re new to dropshipping.

These missteps happen early in the process. They have to do with things like choosing a product and finding an audience to market to.

Don’t find yourself wandering down the wrong path before you’ve even truly begun.

Avoid these three devastating mistakes, and give your business a chance to become what you’ve always dreamed it could be.

DROPSHIPPING MISTAKES TO AVOID

Common mistakes that should be avoided when picking a product for dropshipping:

Do not base your choice of product on what your likes and dislikes are.

Do not sell knock-off or “true copies”.

Not only is this a cheap gimmick that won’t necessarily get you anywhere with customers, but it is also illegal in most countries! Avoid these type of products so you can avoid the hassle, or dropship products from reliable and official merchandisers such as MXED.

Don’t just hop onto the bandwagon.

“If everyone is selling it, I should too,” isn’t always the right reason to pick a product.

The market for trending products is typically very saturated so there will be high levels of competition.

If trending products are something you want to pursue then make sure to conduct thorough research into the rise and fall of the trend so you know what to expect from consumer interests. Check out a tool like Google Trends to help evaluate trends.

You can find tons of additional in-depth information about how dropshipping works, who it works for, and how to get started, in the full Drop Shipping 101 guide from Shopify.

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